Absa Cape Epic 2010 - Stage 3

Riders get to warm up on undulating terrain before facing the major obstacle of the day and perhaps of the whole race, this high mountain and the radical descent will determine Stage 3. It appears in two parts of which the first follows a wagon trail at a 12% gradient, built over a hundred years ago and becoming continuously more rugged as the climb goes on. A short flat section follows allowing for some recovery, and giving riders a view of the peak high above which will soon be referred to as Mount Evilrest. The surface to the summit is smooth but the gradients reach 25%.
Up on top riders will get rewarded with 360 degree views before plunging into the long and technical descend over big boulders and washouts deep enough to swallow both rider and bike! This is truly rugged but fun mountain biking terrain and slower riders will take a good hour before some temporary relief awaits them on the flat, gravel roads to the last water point and before the Gouda Pass descent. Although from here one can see Ceres at the bottom of the valley – the flat stretch back into town seems to go on forever. This could be the epic day of all epic days.

Channel:: Mountain Bike
Event:: Absa Cape Epic 2010
Website:: http://www.cape-epic.com/
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